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Page 71
By good luck Dr . Bremiker had just completed a star - chart of the very part of the
heavens including Le Verrier ' s position ; thus eliminating all of Challis ' s
preliminary work . The letter was received in Berlin on September 23rd ; and the
same ...
By good luck Dr . Bremiker had just completed a star - chart of the very part of the
heavens including Le Verrier ' s position ; thus eliminating all of Challis ' s
preliminary work . The letter was received in Berlin on September 23rd ; and the
same ...
Page 93
In the primitive ages a mere record of events in the heavens and on the earth
gave the only hope of detecting those uniform sequences from which to derive
rules or laws of cause and effect upon which to rely . Then came the geometrical
age ...
In the primitive ages a mere record of events in the heavens and on the earth
gave the only hope of detecting those uniform sequences from which to derive
rules or laws of cause and effect upon which to rely . Then came the geometrical
age ...
Page 131
.stars near Hercules , a maximum rate of recession for stars in the opposite part of
the heavens , and no effect for stars half - way between . In this way the
spectroscope has confirmed generally Herschel ' s view of the direction , and
makes the ...
.stars near Hercules , a maximum rate of recession for stars in the opposite part of
the heavens , and no effect for stars half - way between . In this way the
spectroscope has confirmed generally Herschel ' s view of the direction , and
makes the ...
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Contents
Ancient GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISIONSIZE OF THE SOLAR | 10 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy Hist. of sci. series History of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1909 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2011 |
| Length | 154 pages |
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